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It's unlikely that Khan Academy's curriculum is better than mine. My curriculum has been relentlessly pivoted and iterated based on feedback from over a thousan

by teach 15y ago

It's unlikely that Khan Academy's curriculum is better than mine. My curriculum has been relentlessly pivoted and iterated based on feedback from over a thousand real students for the past fifteen years. I've taught literally one thousand teenagers to program, face to face. I'd be shocked if Salman Khan had taught even a couple dozen students face to face. Edit: I accidentally submitted this too early, and then replied instead of editing. See my reply for the rest of this thought.

teach 15y ago
So what I'm suggesting is: take 200 students, and have 100 go through Khan's material, and 100 go through mine. Khan's kids would finish faster. Then, have all 200 kids attempt to code FizzBuzz on their own, with no assistance. I think probably 60-70% of my students could get it working. I suspect less than 20% of Khan's would have understood/retained enough to get it done. You are in the 20%, so it's hard for you to see the difference. Salman Khan is in the 1%, and he hasn't been in the trenches long enough to see the difference. That's what I'm saying.